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Two Essays in International Banking and Finance
(2009-10-21)
This dissertation consists of two essays in international finance and banking. The first essay attempts to evaluate factors that promote or impede cross-border bank mergers and acquisitions using logistic regressions. The ...
Three Essays on CGE Modeling, Education Economics and Energy Economics
(2012-08-03)
This dissertation consists of three essays in economics on CGE modeling, education economics and energy economics.
The first essay focuses on quantifying the economic contribution of the automotive industry to ...
Essays on Applied Econometrics: Agriculture and Development
(2014-06-18)
This dissertation explores three topics on agriculture and development using different applied econometric techniques. In the first chapter, Non-linear regression models were used to estimate the effect of own and other ...
Three Essays in Hedonic Housing Price
(2014-08-20)
Chapter 2 attempts to quantify the impacts of green space, by using the hedonic price analysis of the relationship between property values and the green space amenities around the selected single family houses in Delaware ...
Essays on Using Experimental Agronomic Data to Solve Practical Cropping Decision Problems
(2014-05-01)
Across the United States, agronomic research is being conducted that provides agricultural producers with new cropping options; however, without having insight into the profitability or risk associated with the options, ...
An Economic Analysis of Integrating Hydroponic Tomato Production into an Indoor Recirculating Aquacultural Production System
(2008-09-09)
Alabama is one of the leading states in the nation in terms of aquacultural production, ranking second among catfish producing states and fourth for tilapia. Alabama catfish farmers generated $97.6 million in sales in ...
Economics of Microbial Inoculants as an Integrated Pest Management Practice in Apple Production
(2012-04-17)
Demographic growth, stricter environmental concerns and regulations, and rising prices
of chemical pesticides emphasize agricultural production alternatives that substitute chemical
input use and increase yields. In ...
Essays on South Africa: Exchange Rates, Bilateral Trade and Inflation
(2012-04-20)
South Africa shows how natural resources can be harnessed to build a successful economy. This success gives rise to peculiar macroeconomic issues that warrant analysis. Chapter one of this dissertation investigates the ...
Economic Evaluation of Protection against Freezes in Satsuma Mandarin Production
(2009-02-23)
This dissertation consists of three essays that evaluate the effect of freeze-risk reduction techniques on discounted net returns for Satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu Marc.) in the northern Gulf Coast region of the United ...
Conjoint Analysis of Breaded Catfish Nuggets: Consumer Preferences for Price, Product Color, Cooking Method, and Country of Origin
(2009-02-23)
The catfish nugget is the residual product that results when the belly flap is cut away the fillet to produce the shank fillet. Nuggets are a lower-valued portion of the catfish because of their high fat content, higher ...